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Alternative Markets
Here are some links to additional venues to consider when selling your art work.
- Non-Profit Art and Craft Galleries/Centers
Many of these take merchandise on consignment in their shops. Some shops are open year-round; others are only open for holiday or seasonal sales.
- Brookfield Craft Center, P. O. Box 122, Brookfield, CT 06804, 203-775-4526
- Connecticut River Artisans, 1 Spring Street, Chester, CT 06412 860-526-5575
- Creative Arts Workshop 80 Audubon St, New Haven, CT 06510, (203) 562-4927
- Farmington Valley Arts Center, 25 Arts Center Lane, Avon, CT 06006 860-678-1867
- Fletcher Farm School for the Arts and Crafts, 611 Route 103 South, Ludlow, VT 05149, 802-228-7402
- Fuller Craft Museum, 455 Oak Street, Brockton, MA 02301 508-588-6000
- Guilford Art Center, 411 Church Street, Guilford, CT 06437, 203-453-5947
- League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, 205 North Main Street, Concord, NH 03301, 603-224-3375
- Peters Valley Craft Center, 19 Kuhn Rd. Leyton, NJ 07851, 201-948-5200
- Rochester Folk Art Guild, 1445 Upper Hill Rd., Middlesex, NY 14507 716-554-3539
- Sharon Arts Center, 457 NH Route 123 Sharon, NH 03458 603-924-7256
- Silvermine Guild Arts Center, 1037 Silvermine Road, New Canaan. CT 06840, 203-966-9700
- Society of Arts and Crafts, 175 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116, 617-266-1810
- Wesleyan Potters, 350 South Main Street, Middletown CT 06457, 860-347-5925
- Worcester Center for Crafts, 25 Sagamore Road, Worcester, MA 01605
Sheep and Wool Festivals
These festivals have large vender areas in addition to their other activities. If your art/craft is in any way fiber or sheep related you may do very well here. They are listed here by date.
- Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, MD 1st Weekend in May.
- Jamaica Fiber Festival, Jamaica, VT Mid May
- New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Festival, Hopkinton State Fairgrounds, Contoocook, NH Mother's Day Weekend
- Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Fair, Cummington Fairgrounds, Cummington, MA Late May
- Maine Fiber Frolic, Windsor Fairgrounds, Windsor, Maine Mid June
- Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival, Champlain Valley Expo, Essex Junction, VT Early September
- Pennsylvania Endless Mountains Fiber Festival, Harford Fairgrounds, Harford, PA Early September
- Finger Lakes Fiber Festival, Hemlock Fairgrounds, Hemlock, NY Mid September
- Garden State Sheep Breeders Festival, Hunterdon County Fairgrounds, Ringoes, NJ Mid September
- Fall Fiber Festival of Virginia, Montpelier Estate, Orange County, VA Early October
- New York Sheep and Wool Festival, Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck, NY Mid October
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